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Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham on managing 6,000 members and £2m course upgrades
Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham discusses the club’s landmark 50th anniversary, the £2 million renovation of the Longcross Course and how a relentless focus on family-centric investment has built a thriving community of nearly 6,000 members in Surrey.
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The best turf education web sites
Many reach positions of head greenkeeper / course manager through hard work, reliability and the ability to organise a team to carry out the required turf maintenance.
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Club manager “joking” over disabled email
A golf club manager who has found himself at the centre of a storm over an email he sent to an army colonel over disabled access at his golf club has said he was joking.
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Reciprocal deal golf club shortlisted for award
A new Middle Eastern golf club that markets itself via reciprocal deals with other courses around the world has been shortlisted for an award.
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Grimsby course ‘to be converted into housing’
A Lincolnshire golf course could be converted into housing after the company that owns the location’s lease has decided it does not fit into its business plan.
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PGA captain calls for golf clubs to offer training to their managers
The captain of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), Eddie Bullock, has said that golf clubs need to offer more educational offerings to their managers in order for the club to survive in current, difficult market conditions.
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Time to embrace nomadic golfers rather than view them as the enemy at the gate?
We cannot afford to pull up the drawbridge and hope the ‘enemy’ will withdraw.
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Steven Brown: Buy better and sell dearer to maximise on F&B profits
Typically I am finding a wide range of profitability levels, mainly in bar sales.
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Osborne Golf Club completes £150k refurb
Osborne Golf Club in the Isle of Wight has completed a £150,000 clubhouse refurbishment programme.
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Q&A with Ernie Els on his ‘The Els Club’
The whole project at Dubai Sports City [the world’s first purpose-built sports city] is incredibly exciting – I mean, I think it’s fair to say there is nothing else like it in the world.
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Howard Swan: My principles of golf course design
Designing a golf course, or redesigning an existing one in a renovation or improvement exercise, is a fascinating task.
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‘High achiever’ GolfMark status for Cannington Golf Centre
Cannington Golf Centre in Somerset, a nine-hole golf course located at a further education college, has been awarded ‘high achiever’ GolfMark accreditation.
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Reciprocal county card schemes – the solution to the 2-for-1 problem?
Many clubs do not have a full membership and the many 2-for-1 schemes for casual golfers is blamed as a contributory factor. On the other hand most clubs need income from visitors.
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How a membership referral scheme can work for your club
For the vast majority of clubs in the UK, membership renewal falls between November and April.
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Proprietary golf clubs urged to make Capital Allowance Tax claim
All proprietary golf clubs in the UK have been urged to make a Capital Allowance Tax claim before next year’s April Budget, when the tax allowance is ended after 62 years.
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Golf clubs overcharged by more than £5 million per year by energy firms
An energy expert has said that golf clubs are overcharged by about £5 million per year by their energy suppliers and that 70 per cent of golf clubs will recover about £2,000 each, if they carry out an audit.